 Mr. Wu with WILD Garden Crew last Wednesday during his class on peas, beans, and pollination We are now offering monthly Danny Woo Community Gardener Classes open and free to the public!
Please email the garden manager at lbaskerville@interimcda.org to reserve your spot. All classes are Wednesdays from 3:15-5:15 unless otherwise noted. Past workshops April 10 Kam's Flowers Learn about flower bulbs and how to grow and care for them Instructor: Kam Tai Chun 秦琴娣 , Danny Woo Gardener since 2003 May 8 Sweet Peas Beans, peas, trellising, and pollination Instructor: Lichuan Wu 吴立传, Danny Woo Gardener since 2014 Upcoming workshops: May 22 Apples & Pollination How to care for apples and increase pollination Instructor: Lichuan Wu 吴立传, Danny Woo Gardener since 2014 June 5 Health in the Garden Learn about medicinal herbs and healing massage from Dr. Chen and Dr. Hu Instructors: Gui Juan Chen 陳桂娟, Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, Danny Woo Gardener since 2001 & Yi Zhen Hu 胡颐贞 , Doctor of Gastroenterology, Danny Woo Gardener since 2015 Stay tuned for more monthly classes!
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 Children’s Garden Educator Positions
July 3rd – August 15th 2019 | Thursdays 1:00-4:00 pm Position Description: This volunteer position is open to enthusiastic educators who can implement our 6 week, once-a-week gardening curriculum to Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade children. Qualified Volunteers will be: - Passionate about gardening - Passionate about the CID community - Bi-lingual in Mandarin (preferred, not required) - Available Thursdays between July 3rd – August 15th - Have some environmental education experience  Part-Time Garden Groundskeeper
If you or anyone you know is interested in spending 8-12 hours a week working outside, is interested in meeting people from all around the world, and is passionate about our community garden, we want to hear from you! We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience with landscaping, carpentry, and can effectively communicate in Chinese. Korean or Vietnamese language skills are also a plus. Please send a cover letter and resume to lbaskerville@interimcda.org Accepting applications on a rolling basis. First round of applications reviewed April 1st Danny Woo Community Garden Groundskeeper 8-12 hours per week $16/hr Position also available as a University of Washington Work-Study If you love the Chinatown-International District, the outdoors, and working with your hands, then this is an ideal part-time job for you. The Danny Woo Community Garden Groundskeeper maintains and improves the garden landscapes and structures making sure that it always looks its best. In addition, groundskeepers keep the grounds safe for the public. You will get the chance to use a variety of practical skills as a groundskeeper, including carpentry, masonry, and landscaping. Job Responsibilities
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Accepting applications on a rolling basis. First round of applications reviewed April 1st  안녕하세요!
Do you miss your Gramma? Do you want to practice your Korean and learn about Korean gardening and traditional medicine? We are looking for an energetic Korean interpreter and translator to work a few hours a week/ as-needed to assist our 할머니 in the garden. We have a very flexible schedule. You will be asked to translate letters, flyers, and interview the gardeners to contribute to our Conservation of Cultures garden programming. You must be able to translate and interpret Korean proficiently. This is a volunteer position, but you will surely be rewarded with grandmotherly affection! Please contact lbaskerville@interimcda.org if interested. 감사합니다.  Obviously, pollination is very important to us in the Danny Woo Community Garden. Our gardeners rely hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and other insects to grow their delicious food. To assist our ecosystem, our gardeners, and our flowering plants, WILD Garden Crew designed and built bamboo homes for mason bees. Check out the beautiful homes in our flower garden beds this spring!  Mason Bees nest in round holes. Their bodies are fuzzy, making them excellent pollen carriers. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)  The female Mason Bees lay their eggs in between walls of mud. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)  At the Danny Woo Community Garden, our Children's Garden provides young people ages 3-18 a place to engage with nature and community, explore, learn, and play. We are very lucky to bring on board Maddie Piper, who will be providing us with guidance, best practices, and curriculum development for our children's garden programming. They have worked in environmental education in Denver as well as the Fiddlehead Forest Outdoor Preschool in the University of Washington Arboretum. Welcome to the garden Maddie!
Who are you? My name is Maddie Piper (they/them/their) and I am senior at Seattle University! How long have you been part of the DWCG community? I have visited the garden several times for the past 3 years, but did not get involved in the community until last year when I took an Anthropology class that included service learning in the garden. We volunteered during a couple of work parties, helped support Lizzy with the preschoolers who come to the garden, and created projects to bring recognition to the indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live in this region. My group created that batik flags that now hang on the South Entrance of the garden! Why did you start volunteering/working at the garden? What are you working on? Originally, I started working on the garden because of my class last year. This year, however, I am stepping into a different role as an intern as part of my senior project for my Teaching degree. As a Teaching and Environmental Studies major I was interested in trying to find a place where I could combine two of my passions. Danny Woo Community Garden was a great fit! This quarter I am working both in the garden getting my hands dirty as well as will be creating a curriculum for youth programing in the garden. What is your favorite Asian vegetable or food? I love bok choy! I pretty much love any dish that has lots of veggies and noodles! Where did you grow up? I grew up just south of Denver, Colorado. What languages do you speak? Just English. I know some Spanish, but not as much as I used to. What are your hobbies or special skills? I love knitting, embroidery, and other crafting activities. I also spend a lot of time outdoors hiking, biking, rock climbing, gardening, or just taking long walks around Seattle. In my spare time I also love to cook and bake. My special skills include always having a fun animal fact in my back pocket!  Every semester, we work with many enthusiastic and helpful volunteers in the Danny Woo Community Garden. We wouldn't be able to function without them! This January we are excited to introduce Kaeli Deng, who is our University of Washington Work Study. She has been volunteering with us for over a year by helping in the garden, communicating with gardeners in Mandarin, and organizing events with us.
Who are you? My name is Kaeli Deng, I’m a work study student from UW. 你是谁？ 我叫邓凯利，现在是一名华大的学生。 How long have you been part of the DWCG community? I’ve been part of the DWCG community since last year. I started with volunteering in the garden whole quarter when I was a college student. Now I come back as a work study student to help this community become better. 你成为胡锦培花园的一员多久了？ 我从去年开始加入这个社区组织，先是成为一名义工在我还是一名社区大学生的时候。现在我作为work study学生回来继续为社区工作并希望这个社区能变得更好。 Why did you start volunteering/working at the garden? I like to do some outdoor jobs that related to my major which is Environmental Science. When I first time searching the volunteer jobs, I found Danny Woo Community Garden is perfectly matched to my ideal job. People in the garden are so friendly and kindly, they’d love to share their knowledge and experiences with everyone who wants to learn. There’s no cultural and language hinder between difference races. I feel so warm to work with people here and this is why I come back as a work study student. 为什么在这个花园做义工/工作？ 一开始在我还是社区大学生的时候我希望能找一份户外的又跟我的专业环境科学相关的义工，然后我就找到了胡锦培国际花园这个刚好吻合我要求的花园。在这里，所有人都很友好善良，如果你想学习，他们会不吝地分享自己的种植知识和经验给大家。这里没有任何的文化和语言的阻碍，这让我感觉很温暖也是为什么我会再回来为这个社区作贡献。 What is your favorite Asian/Chinese vegetable or food? My favorite Asian vegetable is peas! Any kinds of peas are welcome! My favorite Chinese food is braised pork. 最喜欢的亚洲蔬菜和亚洲食物？ 我最喜欢的蔬菜就是豆子了！任何种类的豆子都很喜欢。最喜欢的中国菜是红烧肉。 Where did you grow up? I grow up in two places, one is China, and another one is Saipan, my birthplace. 在哪里长大的？ 我在两个地方长大的，一个是中国还有一个是塞班。 What languages do you speak? I can speak Chinese and English, and I’m learning German right now. 会讲什么语言？ 我会讲中文和英文，现在正在学习德文。 What are your hobbies and or special skills? I’d like to do gardening when it is the season. Drawing and reading are also my hobbies when I can’t go out. My special skill is be nice to everyone. 你有什么兴趣和特殊技能吗？ 我喜欢打理我的小菜地如果到了季节的话。画画和阅读也是我的兴趣爱好。至于特殊技能应该就是能保持友好态度对别人。 Versatile, reliable, and energetic (with a splash of sass).
On the Wednesdays between October 10th and December 12th, this fun, young group met in an after-school Wilderness Inner-City Leadership Development (WILD) program. They weaved their way through team-based competitions, juggled both cooking and carving, and soaked in all the horticultural knowledge they could harvest. (Pun intended.) More specifically, in October we planted Thai basil for the elders in the C-ID, learned about the different nutrients plants need, toured Mrs. Huang's garden, preformed collaboratively-created poems, and held a pumpkin carving competition that involved roasting the seeds with a mystery ingredient. In November we put the Danny Woo Children's Garden to bed, learned about plant families and organic fertilizing methods, planted garlic, made Ssam, crafted vertical pallet gardens out of recycled materials, painted prayer flags with our eldest gardener Mr. Pan, and experienced a traditional tea ceremony presented by local business owner Caroline Lee. The final December weeks involved making Kimchi from scratch with Mrs. Baskerville, decorating the terracotta pots that will hold the Thai basil, and hanging our flags up in the garden. At InterIm CDA's Holiday Party, the youth will be presenting their gifts of basil to the elder residents. We look forward to that and to the winter quarter program which will begin in January. As you might have guessed, it has been a full and fulfilling quarter! I would like to thank the youth, my co-facilitator Lizzy Baskerville, Mrs. Huang, Mr. Pan, Caroline Lee, Mrs. Baskerville, Andrea Say, Henry Liu, Eliza Guan, and all others who made these experiences possible. We hope that WILD continues to liven the community garden space and connect the generations present in this diverse and historic district for many years to come. Angela Patel  Help our Gardeners at the Danny Woo Community Garden!
Hours: 9:30-11:30 am every Wednesday Description: We are looking for a volunteer to help us better communicate with our Mandarin-speaking gardeners. The volunteer will work closely with the Danny Woo Community Garden manager Lizzy Baskerville, our Cantonese interpreter Eliza Guan, and other garden staff. The volunteer would either work inside to make phone calls to gardeners, translate written material into Chinese, or walk through the garden and talk with gardeners to see if they need assistance or have any questions or concerns. Qualifications: Fluent in Mandarin, ability to read and write Chinese. Interest in working with elders and interest in gardening a plus! If interested please email Lizzy at lbaskerville@interimcda.org Want to learn how to paint with watercolors? Want to make your own postcards to send to family and friends? Look no further! For $20 per person, the garden will be hosting a painting class for all skill levels and ages. An instructor will lead the class and each person will get to take home three of their own watercolored postcards. Fresh pressed cider from our orchard, donuts, and painting supplies will be provided. If you're interested, get your tickets at interimicda.maestroweb.com or contact Angela at apatel@interimcda.org. Seats are limited so sign up as soon as possible to reserve yours!   |
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The Danny Woo Community Garden is a 1.5 acre edible growing space located in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown/International District. The garden has been a place for elders to grow for over 40 years and is also home to a children's garden, chicken coop, and outdoor kitchen. Visit us at 620 S. Main St., Seattle, WA 98104. Archives
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